The Intimacy of Death: Mahler’s Dramatic Narration in Kindertotenlieder
Description:
There has been relatively little scholarship to date on Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. The writings about this song cycle that do exist primarily focus on the disparate nature of the poems and justify Kindertotenlieder as a cycle by highlighting various musical connections between the songs, such as keys and motivic continuity. Mahler, however, has unified the cycle in a much more complex and sophisticated way. His familiarity with Wagner’s music and methods, and his mastery of the human voice and…
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Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Strange, AnnaGrace
Partner:
UNT Libraries